Pouch for portable watchmen&#39;s clocks.



P. MOOSMANN.

POUCH FOR PORTABLE WATGHMENS GLOGKS.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 30, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

SHIN

PAUL MOOSMANN, OF NEN YORK, N. Y.

POUCH FOR PORTABLE WATCHMENS CLOCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed August 30, 1909. Serial No. 515,229.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL MoosMANN, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing in New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pouches for Portable Watchmens Clocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pouches for portable watchmens clocks which are usually made of leather and provided with straps so as to be conveniently carried by the watchmen.

Hitherto watchmens clock-pouches con sisted of two parts, one in which the watchmans clock was placed with its door inwardly, and another part which surrounded the clock and the first part of the pouch. The objection to this form of pouch has been found to be that in order to remove a dial, as is daily required, it was necessary to remove the clock completely from the pouch and then after a new dial has been replaced, to place the clock back again into the pouch with its door inwardly.

The object of this invention is to provide a pouch for watchmens clocks which is so arranged that the taking out of the clock from the pouch for the purpose of replacing a dial is done away with, and so arranging the pouch that a dial may be taken out of the clock and a new one replaced, without, however, taking the clock out of the pouch itself, the pouch all the time fitting snugly around the clock.

The object of the invention is further to provide a more practical form of pouch than those used hitherto, as well as one simpler and cheaper to manufacture.

For this purpose the nature of the invention consists of a pouch formed of one member having an opening at its side and adapted to receive a watclimans clock therein with the time-face of the clock in consonance with the opening in the pouch and with the coverspace of the clock at the open end of the pouch member, and a second member for inclosing the clock at the open end of the pouch member.

The invention consists further of an improved pouch comprising a casing and a strap partially surrounding the casing and supporting the pouch, and the invention consists further in an improved key-opening closing device for the opening in the pouch necessitated for the passage of the key intended to unlock the cover, which device comprises a flap having a projection fitting into the key-hole-opening of the pouch, and means for fastening the flap in position.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which one embodiment of my invention is shown, Fig ure 1 is a front-elevation of my improved pouch showing the means of supporting and carrying it, Fig. 2 is a bottom-view of the same, with the cover of the clock and the cover of the pouch open, and showing the guide for the entrance of the marking keys, Fig. 8 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 taken on line 33, and showing the position of the opening of the clock in relation to the opening in the pouch, and Fig. at is a detail section taken on line dl of Fig. 1, and showing the keylmle-closing device.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings a watchmans clock-body 10 having the opening 11. covered by the usual glass disk 9 to enable the time to be ascertained by an inspection of the time-dial, a cover 12 hinged to the clock-body having a lock member 13 adapted to be engaged by a lock in the clock, which look is operated by a key entering the key-guide let for locking or unlocking the cover, a watchmans clock key-guide 15 in the clock-body for the guidance of the watchmans key for the marking of the dial at the different periods during the rounds of the watchman, as also the usual clock-bow l6 and stem 17, are shown. All this is well known.

The improved pouch consists of a member 20 having a front-face 21 with an open ing 22 of substantially the same size as the time-dial opening 11 of the clock, and hav ing a part 23 substantially at right angles to the front-face 21 and of such length as to embrace substantially the entire clock. That is, the depth of the pouch is substantially equal to the depth of the watchmans clock to be supported. The upper part of the member 20 is provided with a slot 24 for the passage of the stem 17 of the clock, and at its lower part with an opening 25 for the entrance and engagement therewith of the watchmans clock key-guide 15, the member being so arranged as to snugly surround the key-guide 1.5. A further opening 26 is provided in the member 23 so as to be in registration with the locking-key opening let.

The watclnnans clock is placed into the pouch by bringing its timepiece-face innermost of the pouch and the cover of the clock outermost or at the open end of the pouch.

A cover 32 is provided and is secured to the member 20 by a strap-hinge 30, and swings in the same direction as the hinged cover 12 of the clock. The cover of the pouch is provided at the point diametrically opposite to that of the hinge 30 with an eyelet 36.

The lower half of the member 20 is surrounded by a supporting strap 27 suitably secured to the member 20 and is provided with an opening 28 in registration with the opening 25 of the part 23. The hinge 3O overlaps the strap 27 at one side of the member 20. The strap 27 is provided with a curvature 33, and the cover 32 with a curvature 3st in consonance therewith, as is shown in Fig. 2, the part 34 fitting closely against the part 33 when the cover is closed.

The pouch is provided with a flap 37 hinged at 38, which flap is provided with a projecting portion 39 adapted to fit closely into the opening 26 of the member 20, and also into an opening 40 of the strap 27 surrounding the member 20 at that part, so as to prevent any dust or foreign matter to get into the clock. The flap is provided with an opening i1, which opening is adapted to be engaged bythe eyelet 36 of the cover 32, the opening being so arranged as to require a pulling or slight stretching of the flap so as to bring about the engagement of the eyelet with the opening, whereupon a padlock of approved form may be employed to engage the eyelet and prevent the flap from being opened by unauthorized persons. To enable the closing to be conveniently operated, a tongue 50, hinged at 33, is provided, the tapering end of which also engages the eye 36. The strap 27 is formed of two parts meeting at 51, whereby a strengthening strap is provided which prevents the twisting of the main strap 27, and consequently the turning of the clock.

The pouch and parts are preferably made of leather, but other materials may be used, as the projection 39 may be metal or rubber, etc.

By my improved pouch a clock may be properly protected from the handling to which watchmens clocks are usually sub jected in a convenient and simple manner, and a dial in the clock may be readily taken out and replaced by the simple opening of the hinged cover of the pouch and then of the hinged cover of the clock, the pouch being arranged as described so as to obviate the necessity of taking the entire clock out of the pouch before replacing the dial, the pouch all the time fitting snugly around the 'clock.

The invention therefore consists of an improved pouch for watchmens clocks having a member adapted to contain a watchmans clock and having an opening in registration with the transparent time-face of the clock, and a cover secured to the member directly over the cover of the clock contained in the pouch member.

The invention consists further of the improved supporting means consisting of a strap partially surrounding the pouch and suitably attached thereto so as to support the same, and having an opening in registration with the key-opening of the pouch, and the invention consists lastly of the closing device consisting of a hinged flap with a projection adapted to enter an opening in the pouch in registration with the locking-key opening of the clock.

One embodiment of my invention has been shown, but I do not wish to be understood to limit myself to the same, since changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and underlying principle of my invention.

I claim:

1. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a member having an open end and adapted to snugly receive a watchmans clock therein, with the clock-cover for the recording dial of the clock at said open end, a pouch-cover hinged to said open end with the hinge adjacent to the hinge of the cover for the recording dial, whereby both of said covers may be opened in the same direction whereby the recording dial may be removed without removin the clock from the pouch.

2. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a member adapted to snugly contain the watchmans clock and having a reduced opening at one end adapted to register with the time-face of the clock, the other end being entirely open, a cover for the open end hinged to said member on the side adjacent to the hinge of the cover for the recording dial, whereby both of said covers may be opened in the same direction and the recording dial removed without removing the clock from the pouch, and means for holding the clock in the pouch while the cover of the pouch is open.

3. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a member having a full opening at one end and a reduced opening at the other and adapted to receive snugly therein a watchmans clock with the lid of the recording dial of the clock at said open end, the upper side of the pouch being provided with an open ended slot for the reception of the stem of the clock, and the cover-side of the pouch being provided with a hole to receive the recording-key guide, a cover for said open end hinged to said member adjacent to the hinge of the dial-lid whereby said lid and cover may open in the same direction and the recording dial be removed Without taking the clock from the pouch, the engagement of the key-guide receiving hole with the key-guide preventing the displacement of the clock during the operation, and a flange on said cover adapted to engage said stem when the cover is closed.

4. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a body-portion adapted to receive the clock and having a hole in the lower side thereof through which the recording-key guide projects, and a carrying strap surrounding said member and having a hole in register with said first-named hole and in which said guide is engaged, whereby relative sliding movement between the strap and body member is prevented.

5. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a body member having a flange provided with a hole adapted to register with a key-hole of the clock, a cover for said member having a flange provided with a hole adapted to register with said first-named flange and the key-hole, a suitably secured flap provided with a projection adapted to cover said key-hole and be received in the other named holes, whereby sliding movement between said flanges is prevented.

6. A pouch for watchmens clocks, comprising a member having a full opening at one end and a reduced opening at the other and adapted to receive snugly therein a watchmans clock with the lid of the recording dial of the clock at said open end, the upper side of the pouch being provided with an open ended slot for the reception of the stem of the clock, and the cover-side of the pouch being provided with a hole to receive the recording-key guide, a cover for said open end hinged to said member adjacent to the hinge of the dial-lid whereby said lid and cover may open in the same direction and the recording dial removed without taking the clock from the pouch, the engagement of the key-guide receiving hole with the key guide preventing the displacement of the clock during the operation, a flap secured to said member, a projection on said flap, said flap and said member being provided with registering holes adapted to receive said projection, and means for holding said flap in closed position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL MOOSMANN.

WVitnesses:

J. A. Coon, C. P. GoErEL. 

